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ABUJA: Shares of Nigeria<\/a>'s second biggest listed company MTN Nigeria<\/a> rose 9.34% to an all time high on Monday after the telecoms firm received approval to operate its mobile money service in Africa's most populous country.
South African parent MTN<\/a> said on Friday it had been granted the in-principle approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria<\/a> (CBN).
Mobile operators like MTN<\/a> have been pushing further into financial services on the continent, where a large part of the population does not have good access to traditional banking services.
MTN has said it is looking to become one of the continent's biggest financial technology firms - an ambition that would be difficult to fulfil without Nigeria<\/a>, home to some 200 million people.
Its MoMo service currently has 51 million active users. It said in 2019 it wanted its user base to hit 60 million. The company's fast-rising fintech revenues now contribute almost 9% of its total income.
Last week MTN said it planned to sell shares in its Nigerian unit after it listed the local arm in Lagos two years ago to become the second-largest stock by market capitalisation.
Shares of MTN Nigeria<\/a>, which hit 192.50 naira on Monday, have more than doubled in value since falling to the listing price of 90 naira in March 2020, hammered by lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The gains in MTN Nigeria helped propel the local share index 1.54% higher.
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阿布贾:股票尼日利亚第二大上市公司MTN尼日利亚周一上涨9.34%再创历史新高后,电信公司获得批准经营移动货币服务在非洲人口最多的国家。
南非的父MTN上周五说它已被授予的初步批准尼日利亚中央银行(CBN)。
移动运营商等MTN一直在推动进一步的金融服务在欧洲大陆,很大一部分的人口没有良好的传统银行服务。
MTN已表示,它希望成为大陆最大的金融技术公司——一个野心,很难实现尼日利亚,大约2亿人的家园。
莫莫服务目前拥有5100万活跃用户。表示,在2019年,它希望它的用户达到6000万。现在公司的快速增长fintech收入贡献几乎占其总收入的9%。
MTN上周表示,它计划在尼日利亚子公司出售股票上市后,当地部门两年前在拉各斯成为第二大股票市值。
的股票MTN尼日利亚周一触及192.50奈拉,以来已经上涨了一倍多降至90奈拉的清单价格在2020年3月,受封锁减缓冠状病毒的传播。
收益在尼日利亚MTN推动当地股票指数上涨1.54%。
